The Lucknow Sentinel, 1947-03-05, Page 1,41
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 5th,' 19474.
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EIGHT PAGES'
WINTER SV/ORS1'Wnea oyds ! Al RAt AWAY,
haon'ONE.HORSE' DIEDsTORMRAGES teachers) are,havainn•
days this winter few' have:: been
March., arrived . last Saturday:
and. for af''w • hours. was. guile.
lamb-like,,.,ba by noon hotiix.that.
rdy a 'twas plain that Old Xing
Something else in
Winter 'held Something.
1 t. it to ose fate Sunday
;.store.. Ile.
d' is s, •writ ;en on Monday,,
the
`winter's:worst blizzard is rag-
.�
<-There not:so much ' snow
rang° ,,is. ,
falling as three weeks• ago Sun-
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day, 'but: -the wind is higher. The
storm still raged on' Tuesday but
was due .to ,ease up by Wednes-'
. As a result motor and railroad
traffichas. come to• a; complete
halt. Visibility isnil:and it 'keelis
a truck busy navigating' main
street. • Alltrains are reported.
cancelled, :.and no effort may be
made to resume travel until:;tbe.
storm' biows itself Out. •
' 'n ,. oto . the"' difficulties a.
railway low, left the •trapks at
.P.
Ethel on ` Monday and plowed'.
.into the stock yards.
,Raard_
"so, fortunate" as the . youngsters • • Injuries, receive' ina ruijawa .
a y
on Saturday_even-:•
tire" of - one :of-
horses' involved, and
Jack, McDonagh of
attending ' 'the .Second School:
First they had a. few days off,
while 'the'school was being, wired;
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then can the, storms and finall
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the teacher was. taken ill , with
the mumps:::Thenet result. was
.that, ..school. attendance days in.
Febri ar y Were about ni ;r
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•. ODIC REVIEW -
"4007
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UT ON Louise
A LIM B"
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�hy ase B aker:
Reviewed: by
H..Anderson
• This is an dufobiography'cot a
young woman, who , was handicap-
ped as the result of an 'accident
when. a
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:
'Theyfact"'-that.'eoP1
st
o Pe
da
tolook
at her wherever she went, -
did 'not deter : her from •leadin
g
in Lucknovy
ing eauset •
the team of
owned by. •
Zit .'
They,
Luokno
pile_ of slab.
teaxri. ;Tack'
young son who was on the sleigh
and by • the• time he rescued him,
couldn't µget a' hold ..of •,tile lines
to •check the:`tearn's• getaway.
As the tearn clashed madly to-
ward main . atreet, • several: by-
standers tried to -divert . their
course sout'hwar d . at the : aerna
• intersection butt 1
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y
.started ,f at the
ill' yard, :when
fe' and,`sthe'
h'e'
reached first r•for .his
o •no oval
;The wildrun continued •to
. a
's store when the
. unto. A. . J.
do::
Both . tivent -
'time before• one
°:
point about Hall
team crashed'
Wilson's: truck. '
.'and it was some
of them got backto its feet again.
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Fin lly the team, :.limped 'off to
Jonston •
a full' and .active life. She tried' e' s barn,, where one of
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This Marc 'blow follows, on the
le-do-and-neo-rlalwa-yS-sue,
heels'of a rough February that
ceeded.She' ' went . ' al
me ' record for.alone to
set a :'local all-time' Europe, wor'ked as : '..a reporter
February snowf all. •• Fifty - : four a
. w. kept house .in the Arizona • des -
inches cif' snow, fell ' ,during ;•'•the.
ert. ,' In .:fact• she made so many'
month,; This' was ,never :exceeded ;: friends land. had ' so ,m
in February' during .f;0 : years that any, amus-
ing adventures; ' thatthe reader
official 'records have been ::kept
almost•env' h,
ar o reai 'e
in_-this4bstniet, i'eporxs-lUYr..:J, M.. es er.
z t >i at be
Gr
• eer: •s
hind all t f
he un there
ay rom •
:injuries' rece:''ved instlre"inu ct
which tore'uit '`a
q e hole• the
animals' shoulder:
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FUNERAL. OF ,MRS. 'LYONS
WAS' POSPP,Ot14ED. MONDAY
• A,ft`er a lengthy
' 'illne the
re was -a eon •
In. that .time the 'e were high
et � tants sti`uggle ;to overcorhe' her
f I J �
• ' mgiires: n January 1889, , snow- •
fall lAras 63; inches and ' in` Jan -
handicap The phildsophy: ,which.'
.,uary' 1940,' 62 ,inches
'To the other extreme ,February
1890,.saW • o only •.;4,4
inches:: ing ,book: has also written,' "Party to.
High for the past month " was
'...� Line..
41 degrees. The low was 10 below ys
zero. Rainfall was nil There'were.
only `two days of ° sun and: 18
days were. 'Completely' overcast:
It-sfowe. on .gays 'o
month to pile u. the 54:` inches
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And in • scanning•, the' records
here are a' few more 'figures!: that
may prove :Interesting, and , re-
fresh
fresh the hie ories: of those, who
1m
ke
for
e i �`
� ni
c •
;ea `
bo t
: •.. , a? Pu the wea-:
ther. ;190.4,' was .''ma,. mighty cold
winter. It went below. zero on' 13
days:. in January, and 'repeated.
Is,
this performance:.on'1.6 ccasions
in -February. But it "was' February-
Y,
µ,1934, that many well recall., That.
month save . the. tem• eratur ' hang''
�..:, , Q a
o ow zero `fo 2 f days. out of the
twenty-eight; h`t•, 'an d f
g , d set an all-tilrne,
local record of 34 below zero.
That •was the winter so : many
fruit trees were frozen.
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T,hursday.',. February 27th. • Mrs:
Lyons ,:w•as formerly<Roseaniia.
her father .helped her to develop.Hunter, and was sixty-four .ears
from her''childhood,. is the:. secret , of ' age a
of he struggle,. r trugg e. . The funeral' serVice„ which. was'
Auxiliary Heid Party •
' ' There. were fourteen tables at
the bridge and eucha party held
by the Ladies, A;rliary to the
Canadian Legion last Wednesday
afternoon in the Legion • Rooms.
Mr.,Clair Agnew Won the bridge
prize and . Miss Hazer Culbert the,
euchre • prize., - Lunch. was served
to conclude ` : ver' , l a. • n -
. 1, _ a y�,,,p e sa ,t of
ternoon, '
The • Auxiliary • plans ;:another
such
such social .in the near. future:
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40BITUATIY
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GEORGE. DURNIN
Sam" Durnin has received word
of the death .. of his R 'brother:
George en Saturday, February 22
at his home in Fleming, Sask.
He. was .born near 'Brantford, On-
tario, almost 90 Years .ago; a .son'
of the late ' Alex and ' Sarah Ann
Durnin; :. When a bey... he . came.
'With "has-.' parents; brothere and
sisters to Con, - 6 West Wawanosh.
}ie Was, one of. a family •''of eight
childre' of whorri only one bro.,
rvi
_ hir.nin of Luckho . _ c1 Mrs.TJas
:Bird of Bruss s
l
e
• c'When a young man he went
West and started' farming at -Nei;
bitt,•, ai7i'anitoba. 'He was married
to Emma Campbell, a :daughter
of-. the .late George, 'and Mrs.
Campbell.: of Ashfield' and 'a sister
`Joh aC m b Ii,, Asti ie •, a er
the- mo :
ov d to Fleming;-
e.Sask..
with- their._famil. of three 'sons
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and two daughters. They'are '•all'
Marriedand .are: ' living in the
West.Besides the family; •Mr..
Durnin is survived by his. aged;
-death (Id Mrs., -James-T. Lyons pc-
- rutted Tri ;W ngham 'Hospital' ori'
e=: a`ilith f-Anis--ent-erta-: - to--have-•-beery-l�ekd-pri-�ta•te-ly~
her ':1
e .140g -residence on Monday- Y.
Greenhill Cemetery was postpon-
ed
on ' account • of the `storm which
raged. The funeral . will' be'aield
today (:Wednesda) ••roads er-•
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•LUCKNOWJTE OPENS
Other near recordtemperatyres
Were. 33 below on February 15th,
1918' arid 32 below on:, Februar"
12th; '1912:. :
Publish'• -Committee'- Cards
-,available. ' at' t he .- Luc no*.
Municipal n
m
pal Office,on request,.:are.
Vest•.pocket size committee,sarda;:
on which' is listed
the personnel
of • the,•' Village 'Council commit-
tees• The first named.in•
.each rase
is the committee 'chairman' -
arid'
"ratepayers :having: any ma e,.
titters•
pertaining • to municiphl .affair','
are advised `to consult t
• he chair
man . of, that' particular. commit-
tee" •...•
Telephones pertaining ' ;..
ci al'•.tn P taming to muni-
p otters are also Iisted • on
the card .
Mr,: R'ayNall :recently Comae 'Branded
R .Y Nc �'ha
"Perr •y Hodgins.
took. over..:Mrs B. A:• Myeis hair,: •
of Kinloss has;
le .
dressing • ;business • in �,: Milverton, a couple .of young_cattle, oun 'g:cattle •'one a
• Holstein ,the' other - a ' Durham,
'.
has' rented Part of the 'second•
floor of Toman's:•block which is;
at presentbeing fitted up for -a
Beauty Parlor.'. He expects to
openf r usinessin the . new
stand in 'the ar. fu,ture Mr. 'mc-
Nall.'
c,Nall:'• is a-`nati a of .Lucknow '.a
sone of Mr, and ' Mrs. Robert Mc-
Nall. He • has been .in London for
MEETING POSTPONEDA-pa
blit- meeting to: have been
held tonight'
h *� � ., _find addressed "by
iVir, M. �1 p' b
G
a
r
Adultnd of the Ontario
Education
Board,.ly.as•been�
postponed. Until l sortie' "time .in
April,.
which each carry birt marks, in
the ;for of a ;letter ``H"_ If Perry
lad any reason::for - branding, his
cattle,here are a couple: that.
'would spare him the task as they
'alreatlY y:carr ' the right' "ranch":
letter:
' . 1 "'t'o-ok'-dp- stir-' •-N 9 t, choo':,.
dressing and since receiving his
discharge was employed in Simp-
son's Hairdressing .Departmen4. ..
LAUNCH RED. CROSS
DRIVE NEXT.' WEEK
The Finance 'Committee of the
Lucknow: and. Vici iity:Branch-of
the Red Cross Society met last
Thursday evening and laid plans
for launching of the .:local corn=
paign:with' an objective of $1,800.
Dates set for this drive :cover
a two -weeks' .period .from. ,next
Monday ,' March 10th until Satur-
day,- 'March
atur-day,-'March 22nd."
• It is planned to open "a cam -
P
paign headquarters , office iwhich
Harol,'d,: `Jackie and . Ronald..Fer_,
guson are three. new pupils "at•
L' uckriow 'Public School.: They are.
sons. of Mrand ,. Mrs..Thomas
Ferguson, , who;.reCpently' moved
from Bn ussels,` 'to Luckno.ir;.. and
are residing in .a:" portion of the
''Farrish residence •on Station St..
Tom is 'employe'dd at "the' .Lticknow-
Industries ` plant. .
AID TO CHINA FUND
;REACHES $1;400 MARK
Donations to. the •locapl campaign
of the Aid. oto China :Fund total
,$1,400.85, exceeding the objective
by : $400.° .
Donations during ,the past; week
• we're as 1,follows: • Perry ,Hodgins
'$2.00:; Jas, McIntosh ' 3:00 . Jim
Wi11 ' be .staffed` ,by
volunteer' Cameron 2,0 0; Herb, ,Graham'
workers `at specific hours, to :re- : Kinlough, 3 00; Lttcknow Presby
ceive donations to the ,fund.•'De. terian 'church 9.65, S. E. Robert
tails of this are not complete •as son 5.00; Blake' W.M.S. 5.00; Chas.''
yet, However, donations • may be
left at'any time at the following
business "places:' F r layson'si 'store,
McKim's° Drug 'Store, Campbell's
Barber Shop, Lucknow Sentinel:
It is. plantred to send a,.circular
letter, einphasizirig the work arid.
Mason ' 2.00; . Eldon - 'Henderson
3.00; .Wb J. Little 2:00.; Mrs. 's. c.
Rathwell 2.00;•• Mrs. _ Charles
McDonald 1,00; Lucknow United'
Church '21,25;• Lucknow ,:United
rich S S::,13•:95, M s 2±imin r,
roan 5.00;, Ernest Blake 2,00; Jack
need 'of • the' red Cross, Y
to. every . McMillan' 5,00; 7Vlargar. t Andrew
household in the communit , arld .5,00; 'United ,,Church, Bible • Class
it is expected that the. res onse 5,00; . Ae-rn J"h sto � 2.00; Den -
Will
p
Wi be, as in e. past, ear y
liberal.'
.11 t, t h ' t, and: vex Di.. m.,nn; ,lean. MacMillan
2.00,
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MRS, DUNCAN McKAY••
• There• •passed 'away ,.at Fort
Frances,. late. in January;' Isabelle
Drennan wife of ,Duncan.cKa M
• y,
in her ndth_ -
a daughter of the late ,Geo. Dren
nan • and Agnes Baird of Ashfield.
Shewas:.a member Of the Pres-
byterian church. :Left tomourn
their 'loss; are ` three daughters and
,� g
two sons
Mrs: Kerr
Sarah. '.
of
Ft. Frances; Mrs. Buttle. (Agnes),
of • :Edmonton, Alta.; Mrs., Arthur
(Martha), of .Fort: Frances; ,Gee.
of Emo; :arid Kenny, of' British
Col invb a. Four brothers :also 'sur-
vive John .of Duluth, George -and
Thomas of Ashfield and James of•
Godericht.° and; one _sist �.M
_rs.�
Frank McIntosh of' Windsor. The'
remains were laid to .test in Fort
Frances ;cemetery...
'OLDT MER ' Af
I �. RE
FIFTY YEARS WED
:Mr; • •.and' Mrs: T, •Harper' of, St.
Janes 2.11lanitoba,._ an sit urhairx._'
Winnipeg, , celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary on 'Febru-
ary'24th, when they were at home
to' their .friends • and relatives. at
the• home: of their daughter, .Mrs.
•
Mr,. Harper, who is in his.' 84th
'year, was born' at Hoiyr.00d on
April -30th, 185.3, 'Mrs, Har''per,, is
in ,her •75th year, She' is • a dau-
ghter. of the late :'Mr. and Mrs•.
Robert... Hamilton, 'former :resi-
dents of ,this' community, where
she . was born. on June. 19, 1872:
Her mother was. fot•merly Sara;
Ann Huin'phries' of Langside.
Mr. arid Mrs. Harper Were mar-
ried at Holyrood on February 24,
1897 and 'went - West .on. their
_honeymoon Xnaoon ssxad.-settled-..atAi.es
Where he '
wh e y • t'resided- e5 ded until. 1934
when 'they rrioved to Winnipeg.
:They ' have fouir' sons, :T4ilton, .
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Robert, ..Preston and Orton, and
aine rau ter, Mr Smith. ,T -..r
gl�. Mrs.. here
• .ah q . grandchildren,,
CONSIDER SITE
FOR NEW BUILDING'
• Wa : Assets Corporation; has
confir edl '• .
the sae of the non-
-commissioned
n, ' - •.
o
•commissioned ' officers mess at
the former .R,AF.'.station at Pori
Albert, to Lucknow. The purchase
was made by The Clansmen, thru.
the reeve. -of °the.rnuneipalty. : ,r
Plans; are to 'remove the ;build=
ing to 'the `• 1'iil.age and convert it,
to• a recreational' 'cenfre, `A"t a x...:
special meeting. of The Clansrnen
on Friday night considerable dis-
cussion took 'place as to ,a logical
site for the . new building. To . m-,
vestigate this matter the follow -
ing committee`, was named, J. A� :
Thompson, _ R, W. ' Andrew, :Wm.
Schmid, Kenneth Cameron arid. .
Roy Finlayson, This •committee
will - report back, to the . Club on
their findings.' They wereP
empow-, ow-. '.'.
ered to obtain material for the
tOtindation.:and-to arrange., for re
moval ,of the building, The terms:.
of sale` call for removal . within •
sixty d ays, but. an extension of
time, is being_ applied for, as. wiai- :m �
ter and; Spring conditions make it.
impossible cornplywttr the 60-
day term,.
The matter of financing • the A .
building. • ` • was discussed. and• 'a
committee of three, appointed, in-
eluding L: C. Thompson, • R: E.
Crawford and Hugh Cuming. The'.
•Club'has alread _ tak-.,' care 'o
the initial :cost . of, the building,,:
which is
12
14 plus $ ., , p s a 8300 deposit"'
guaranteein 'restoration of -t� he' T '
g `
site,• .
,The Comrnittee'.'was 'instructed,
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to inve
sti
ate"'
g ways and means of
financing ,the balance of the out -
and toreport at thel next''
meeting. It '.has . been suggested
that a <Public ; •subscription list be
„opened with, village and .district
residents, as .,well:''as old •.:b's
and ... .`•!.,,
girls"; invited to contribute .
is areal need.in the 'communit
One• proposal, envisages: a ` lay.
Out. that would eventually• i or- ,:
porate'' the.'. ,recreational .centre,''a'' :.
swiinniirlg:. pool ;and, public la `
grounds.:
Act•': the moment• however, .:.
I.- ,�.. .:all
proceedings; are as ; : et in.. the
Y
Committee stage:
.The Club laid" plans , p a for ,their...
lOth anniversarydanceto be
in the Spring. The :committee in
charge is Jerry Rathwell, , H.
h esen. �^ sl e a d
a'rd "McDoiTald •
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Had Hand. Burned
Atklony Vincent Carter, young-
.est
oung-est son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Carter,'• had the .palm and fingers'
.of one hand - badly burned re-
cently.: -The:. youngster. toppled. out •
of his high chair,' and '.in trying ,'
to save himself put out his hand;
h"ich came in contac-f 7with the
hot stove. No {roads :.were `open to
.receive;'nnedical-attention,.but:the•;
badly burned hand. has respond -
ed to home treatment. `•
Suffered Weak ''Spell
{overcome by the effects of 'the
strain which he has 'been under
during .the:;past few Weeks, .Mr
y
James T: 'Lyons suffered a weak .;^ ,•
'spell at •his. home on Sunday: 'He • ".,
soon rallied, however,. "and suf-
fered no illeffects of the 'seizure.
Offer •Inducelnent To Firm '
As an inducement to Ripley
Woodworkers• .to' :rebuild their
;plant in Ripley, which wasre:-
i cently destro ed-Jthy' mill
age Council has offered to waive'
the., taxes on• the newplant for
a' ten-year. period, Plant officials
stated' they - had reached no def--•
mite '.decision as to their build- •
ing plans
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